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Ray Allen versus Jack Werst '1970 SS/EA Showdown'
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SS/EA Showdown,,,,,, 1970 Indy Nationals,,,,, MYTH, MYSTERY or MISCONCEPTION Ray Allen, 1970 Chevelle Malibu Convertible SS454/450HP LS-6 Briggs Chevrolet,,,,, "Truppi-Kling Competition" versus Jack Werst, 1970 Superbird, 426/425HP Street Hemi Bash Engine "Philadelphia Region Plymouth Dealers Association" False claims,,,,,,,that they never raced each other.... Ray Allen won the SS/EA Class at the 1970 Indy Nationals... But, was eliminated in Super/Stock Eliminator. Last edited by Paul Ceasrine; 08-02-2011 at 11:20 AM. Reason: add-on |
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1970 Chevelle Malibu Convertible SS454/450 HP LS-6 Car Weight; 3734 lbs.,,(with T/H automatic transmission) Horsepower; NHRA re-factored to 465HP Car weight/horsepower factor = 8.03 1970 Plymouth Superbird 426/425HP Street Hemi Car Weight; 3837 lbs. Horsepower; NHRA re-factored to 465HP Car weight/horsepower factor = 8.25 NHRA 1970 SS/EA Class = (8.00 - 8.49 wt/hp) pc Last edited by Paul Ceasrine; 12-19-2014 at 09:37 PM. |
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Re: Ray Allen versus Jack Werst '1970 SS/EA Showdown'
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General Information for 1970 John Tedder won the SS/EA Class at; * Winternationals * Gatornationals * Springnationals John Tedder ran a 1969 Plymouth GTX Convertible 426 Street Hemi. Ray Allen set the SS/EA Class record during the year with an 11.33 elapsed time. Dick Landy re-set the SS/EA Class record with an 11.27 elapsed time, with his 1970 Charger R/T Street Hemi. The 5-year rule was in place for the 1970 Super/Stock Class. So the 1964 and earlier Max-Wedge cars could not compete in Super Stock. (SS/EA) pc Last edited by Paul Ceasrine; 08-03-2011 at 08:24 PM. |
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Re: Ray Allen versus Jack Werst '1970 SS/EA Showdown'
Paul, I see you're a real historian of the 60's (and early 70's) factory's top offerings.
I was at the Gator's one year in the early 70's and saw the blue '71 Corvette LS6 (can't believe I can't remember his name) in SS/DA class elim. Also a Truppi-Kling car. There was a bunch of Chyrsler engineers there and a bunch of Mopar street hemi entries there. The Corvette pulled away from every Chrysler that he ran and won class. SS/DA was one of the most popular classes back then. Right after that the Corvette was moved into SS/CA. Gosh, I wish we could go back to those times. But I guess the new factory entries are where it's at now.
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Re: Ray Allen versus Jack Werst '1970 SS/EA Showdown'
[QUOTE=Bobby Zlatkin;272542]Paul, I see you're a real historian of the 60's (and early 70's) factory's top offerings.
I was at the Gator's one year in the early 70's and saw the blue '71 Corvette LS6 (can't believe I can't remember his name) in SS/DA class elim. Also a Truppi-Kling car. There was a bunch of Chyrsler engineers there and a bunch of Mopar street hemi entries there. The Corvette pulled away from every Chrysler that he ran and won class. SS/DA was one of the most popular classes back then. Right after that the Corvette was moved into SS/CA.QUOTE] I recall Bernie Agaman breaking half shafts a lot and getting bigger tubes each time, same guy? |
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Yes, Bernie Agaman. I drew a blank on that.
I'm sure that had a lot to do with NHRA finally allowing Corvettes to use solid axles. We had a customer with a '79 stock Corvette that we installed a crate LS6 into (You used to be able to buy them in the late '80's for around $2,500). Turbo 350 trans, stock torque converter & 3.55 gears. Every couple of weeks he'd bring by his lastest half shaft failure, that he'd twisted like a pretzel, to show us. Of course he drove it like an animal.
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Re: Ray Allen versus Jack Werst '1970 SS/EA Showdown'
Dave Wren told some of us at lunch about Chrysler asking him to build a 71 Cuda convertible to go after Ray.
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Maybe just as good a running SS/EA 1970 Hemi Superbird,,,,,,, Tim Richards in the Karl Gould car. Tim won the SS/EA Class at the 1970 Summernationals at York US30 Drag-O-Way. Last edited by Paul Ceasrine; 08-05-2011 at 10:36 AM. |
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